[Bug 1734477] Re: LubuntuNext 17.10 - When not run from terminal, fails upon "Install"

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: gdebi (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  LubuntuNext 17.10 - When not run from terminal, fails upon "Install"

Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I recently installed Lubuntu Next 17.10.

  I have been using Flashpeak-SlimJet as a browser, but it is not in the repositories,
  so I download the .deb file and use gdebi to install it.

  The version of gdebi that Lubuntu Next installs is gdebi-kde,
  presumably because LN uses Qt.

  However, as described at:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/1731803
  gdebi-kde is not usable, and since I needed to install a .deb,
  I installed the gtk version, gebi.

  That seems to work, until one clicks on "Install", whereupon the window disappears
  with no message, never to return...

  When run from terminal, the window disappears, but another appears.
  This one asks for my password, and when provided one, runs to completion, installing the package.
  (I did run it without terminal, and looked amongst my other desktops, thinking that perhaps the
  password window was there, but displayed in the wrong desktop, but found nothing.)

  It is possible that adding "sudo " to the .desktop file "Exec" would
  solve the standalone menu invocation, but I am not sure that would
  help when using the right-click context menu from the desired .deb
  (and if not, how one would fix that (surely more common) situation).

  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  scott at scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ uname -a
  Linux scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-PLUS 4.13.0-17-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 6 10:04:08 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  scott at scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ lsb_release -dsc
  Ubuntu 17.10
  artful
  scott at scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
  QLubuntu

  scott at scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ apt-cache policy gdebi
  gdebi:
    Installed: 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3
    Candidate: 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3
    Version table:
   *** 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 Packages
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  --------------------------------------------------------------------

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20-generic 4.13.8
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Sat Nov 25 14:34:46 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-06 (19 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu-Next 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20171014)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gdebi
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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